Paris, France, 2 April 2018 - Key
officials, diplomats and authorities from France and Malaysia in Paris gathered
around HRH Regent of Kelantan, Tengku Muhammad Faiz Petra, for the official
inauguration of the ‘Kelantan, Splendeurs d’un Sultanate’ exhibition today.

Open to the public, the exhibition runs
until 6 April 2018 and presents the art of living in Malaysia through
craftsmanship and cultural heritage. It was created with the support of the
Malaysian Ministry of Tourism and Culture, the Malaysian Embassy in France, the
office of the Sultan of Kelantan, the Kelantan State Museum Corporation, the
Faculty of Art and Design, UiTM Shah Alam and Tourism Malaysia.

The art pieces from state museums in
Kelantan and private collections are presented for the first time in France and
to show continuity in their ancestral knowledge, students of the Faculty of Art
and Design, UiTM Shah Alam also exhibited their creations in jewelry and
textile.

Mr Francois Laurent, Deputy Director of
International Affairs, French Ministry of Culture and Communications exchanged
gifts with Tengku Muhammad Faiz marking 60 years of Franco-Malaysian relations
at the event which was also attended by Datuk Ibrahim Abdullah, the Ambassador
of Malaysia to France and Haslina Abdul Hamid, Deputy Secretary General - Tourism,
Ministry of Tourism & Culture.

Julia de Bierre, Curator of the exhibition gave
Tengku Muhammad Faiz a guided tour on the richness and diversity of the Malay
heritage where jewelry, textiles, community art, wedding ceremony customs and a
reconstruction of the royal dining room were on display.

A short Mak Yong dance of “Mengadap Rebab”,
a mixture of theater and dance, classified as an Intangible Heritage of
Humanity by UNESCO was performed by dancers from Akademi Seni Budaya Dan
Warisan Kebangsaan (ASWARA).

The exhibition is sponsored by the Malaysian Ministry of
Tourism and Culture in association with Tourism Malaysia, the Embassy of
Malaysia in France, Kelantan State Museum Corporation, UiTM Shah Alam and co-sponsored
by Ancom Berhad, MAA Group Berhad and Uzma Group.

A section of the exhibition displaying
artifactscourtesy from Kelantan State
Museum Corporation and photographic poster display of inspirational women from
Kelantan, photographed by Kelantanese photographer, Yaman Ibrahim.

From right, Bruno Flavel , Head of
International Relations, Ministry of Culture, Francos Laurent and Franck
Hiddinga, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.